Title :
Instrumentation system for in vivo organ studies
Author :
Gómez, R. ; Noguera, N. ; Ivorra, A. ; Villa, R. ; Aguiló, J. ; Millán, J. ; López, J. ; Palacios, L. ; Sola, A. ; Hotter, G.
Author_Institution :
Centro Nacional de Microelectron., CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
A custom-made instrumentation system to measure multiple physiological parameters such as electrical impedance, temperature and extracellular pH and potassium levels is described. It is oriented to perform in vivo tissue experiments using electrodes and sensors based on Microsystems technologies. In vivo experimentation on rats have been carried out for validating the proposed system
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biological organs; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; biothermics; electric impedance measurement; pH measurement; temperature measurement; K; custom-made instrumentation system; extracellular pH; in vivo experimentation; in vivo tissue experiments; microsystems technologies; multiple physiological parameters measurement; potassium levels; rats; Electric variables measurement; Electrical resistance measurement; Electrodes; Extracellular; Immune system; Impedance measurement; In vivo; Instruments; Temperature sensors; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Semiconductor Conference, 2001. CAS 2001 Proceedings. International
Conference_Location :
Sinaia
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6666-2
DOI :
10.1109/SMICND.2001.967459